Snowmageddon

Winter is here. Well, not officially, but the weather certainly reflects it.  Over the past few weeks we've gotten a decent amount of snow.  Not really more than 6-8 inches, but compared to what we're used to from Arkansas, that's a lot!  The snow really makes things tough.  My morning walks have been put on hold-- I'm going to have to start walking around inside the apartment building.  It's too icy outside for safe walking.  It also makes going to work a bit difficult.  Not only are the buses slower, but the ice hasn't really melted much, so it just keeps getting slicker.  Plus, last week we had some freezing rain.  That was super fun.  It was like we were ice-skating to work.  Needless to say, I am certainly looking forward to some milder weather back in Arkansas next week.

Which brings me to my next exciting point!  As you all know, we'll be coming home for a week.  /cheer.  We catch the 5:30am airport shuttle on Saturday morning, and our flight leaves at 9:10am.  We'll be flying from Incheon to Tokyo to Minneapolis to Memphis.  LONG day.  But that'll put us arriving around 3-ish Saturday afternoon in Memphis.  Man, it's going to be so strange to see signs all in English, to hear people speaking English, to understand everything!  Sensory overload ahead.

Ben and I are super excited.  We'll be leaving Sunday morning to go spend the first half of the week with his family in Russellville, then on Friday we'll be coming back to Jonesboro.  Sprinkle in some visits with friends, and it'll be a terribly busy, extraordinarily good week.  We are very much looking forward to hugging friends and family.  We're also looking forward to the food.  And I am looking forward to the shopping!  We have a long list of things we need to buy which we can't get in Korea, so look out Turtle Creek Mall.

This week is bound to be busy.  We have a lot to get done in a short amount of time-- report cards, Christmas cards and gifts for the kids, final lessons for the year, last loads of laundry, packing, getting ready to go.  We're going to be pretty ready for some rest.  Too bad we won't be getting any! :p

As for everything else, just thought you guys would be interested in knowing that Koreans have the best space heaters ever.  They are heat fans! Shaped like a fan, but it's actually a heat source.  Terribly dangerous, but we haven't had to turn our ondol (electric floor) up since we purchased it.  It's going to save us a bundle on our electric bill.

Lastly, I just wanted to pass on that my photoshoots with Jessica Hollingsworth went extremely well.  If you haven't seen the pictures from them, check out my Facebook page.  More to come after the New Year!

Well, that's about it.  I'll likely update after we return to Korea.  We get back on New Year's Eve, so be thinking of us!